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Sarah Marsh

Scholz flies to Moscow in bid to avert war

FILE PHOTO: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz gives a statement before a meeting with the leaders of the three Baltic states, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda, Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas and Latvian Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, February 10, 2022. Christophe Gateau/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz heads to Moscow on Tuesday to meet President Vladimir Putin in a high stakes mission to avert war, with Russia's largest trading partner in Europe warning of far-reaching sanctions if it attacks Ukraine.

Scholz's one-day trip, after visiting Kyiv on Monday, is part of frantic Western diplomacy to try to stop a potential attack as more than 100,000 Russian troops mass on Ukraine's borders.

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